When teachers harness technologies and digital resources, they build upon their teaching expertise and change the way students learn. With this comprehensive job-embedded professional development program, you will help K–12 teachers incorporate digital literacies into their classroom practice. Features include:

A modular, adaptable framework that capitalizes on existing personnel and resources

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"I believe this work will be instrumental in moving some along in their thinking about 21st century skills, developing well rounded young people who are capable of global thought, and capitalizing upon the tremendous resources available at our fingertips. I feel energized and eager to explore some of the options."

Judith A. Rogers, K-5 Mathematics Specialist

Tucson Unified School District, AZ

"Summey presents a well-crafted, technology professional development model that is sound in practice, adaptable, and can be easily implemented at the local level. And, as an added bonus, he includes a new digital literacies framework which surrounds the professional development structure and is a stellar model for framing the teaching and learning of the important 21st century skill-set for both educators and students!"

Kathy Schrock, Educational Technologist

"This is a GREAT book. An invaluable resource for transforming professional development that supports teaching and learning with technology. The author provides simple and straight forward steps on how to implement professional development. It addresses critical issues of identifying, exploring, planning, and implementing 21st Century learning with professional development."

Howie DiBlasi, Ph.D., CEO

Digital Journey

"There is a pressing need to provide professional development in digital literacies for teachers at all levels of our school systems. This book provides tools and ideas for the construction of valuable experiences that will engage and inspire teachers while at the same time providing them with the essential digital tools for learning in the 21st century."

Lee Ann Tysseling, Associate Professor

Boise State University Department of Literacy

"I have not seen a book such as this that offers a comprehensive overview of current trends in instructional technology while offering suggestions on how to best reach teachers to explore and embrace these new tools."

Barbara Cavanah, Technology Specialist

Monroe County School District

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Dustin Coleman Summey

Dustin C. Summey is an instructional design specialist in the Instructional Development Center at the University of Central Arkansas, where he plans and implements faculty training and support in online course design and delivery while also teaching in the College of Education. He has taught multimedia, business, technology, fine arts, and music courses at the high school level in both traditional and online environments. While teaching at Russellville High School (Ark.), he provided extensive leadership in technology professional development and created and implemented a digital literacies initiative that produced exciting... More About Author

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